Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6357  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
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NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters, Ferrante Enriques
NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters
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NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters

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NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters, Ferrante Enriques
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NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters

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NGC 6357 is a nebula in the constellation of the Scorpion, about 8,000 light years away and spans about 400 light years.
This nebula includes the open cluster Pismis 24, which is home to several massive stars. One of the brightest stars in the cluster, Pismis 24-1, was thought possibly to be the most massive on record, approaching 300 solar masses, until it was discovered to be a multiple system of at least three stars; component stars would still remain near 100 solar masses each, making them among the more massive stars on record. (source: Wikipedia)

The image is a 10hrs per channel SHO and 1h RGB stars taken from Hakos Astro Farm in Namibia.

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NGC 6357 - War and Peace and Lobsters, Ferrante Enriques